InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Gen C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36 C37 C38 C39 C40 C41 C42 C43 C44 C45 C46 C48 C49 C50
Gen 47 V1 V2 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Pharaoh (of Joseph)
OET-LV And_ Parˊoh _he/it_said to brothers_of_his what work(s)_of_are_your(pl) and_they_said to Parˊoh are_herdsmen_of sheep your_servants both we as_well_as fathers_of_our.
OET (OET-RV) and Par’oh asked them, “What’s your occupation?”
¶ “Your servants have been shepherds for several generations,” they replied.
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֛ה אֶל־אֶחָ֖יו
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Parˊoh to/towards brothers_of,his what? work(s)_of,[are]_your(pl) and=they_said to/towards Parˊoh herding_of flock_of_sheep/goats your=servants also/yet we also/yet fathers_of,our )
Make sure that your translation of his brothers refers to Joseph’s brothers, not Pharaoh’s.
מַה־מַּעֲשֵׂיכֶ֑ם
what? (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Parˊoh to/towards brothers_of,his what? work(s)_of,[are]_your(pl) and=they_said to/towards Parˊoh herding_of flock_of_sheep/goats your=servants also/yet we also/yet fathers_of,our )
Alternate translation: [What kind of work do you do?] or [What do you do for a living?]
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֗ה
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Parˊoh to/towards brothers_of,his what? work(s)_of,[are]_your(pl) and=they_said to/towards Parˊoh herding_of flock_of_sheep/goats your=servants also/yet we also/yet fathers_of,our )
Alternate translation: [They answered Pharaoh] or [One of them said]
Note 2 topic: writing-politeness
עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ
your=servants
See how you translated Your servants in Genesis 46:34. Alternate translation: [We, your humble servants] or [Your Majesty, we] or [Sir, we]
רֹעֵ֥ה צֹאן֙
herding_of flock_of_sheep/goats
Alternate translation: [are herdsmen]
גַּם־אֲנַ֖חְנוּ גַּם־אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Parˊoh to/towards brothers_of,his what? work(s)_of,[are]_your(pl) and=they_said to/towards Parˊoh herding_of flock_of_sheep/goats your=servants also/yet we also/yet fathers_of,our )
Alternate translation: [just as our ancestors were] or [which is the same kind of work that our forefathers did]
OET-LV And_ Parˊoh _he/it_said to brothers_of_his what work(s)_of_are_your(pl) and_they_said to Parˊoh are_herdsmen_of sheep your_servants both we as_well_as fathers_of_our.
OET (OET-RV) and Par’oh asked them, “What’s your occupation?”
¶ “Your servants have been shepherds for several generations,” they replied.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.